Rooted Results - The Cheerful Giver
Pastor Pete Keirstead
October 23, 2022
2 Corinthians 8:10-12 Here is my advice: It would be good for you to finish what you started a year ago. Last year you were the first who wanted to give, and you were the first to begin doing it. Now you should finish what you started. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving. Give in proportion to what you have. Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have.
- An “eager” giver: My
Exodus 25:1-2 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel to bring Me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them (eager).”
2 Corinthians 8:16-19 But thank God! He has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have. Titus welcomed our request that he visit you again. In fact, he himself was very eager to go and see you. We are also sending another brother with Titus. All the churches praise him as a preacher of the Good News. He was appointed by the churches to accompany us as we take the offering to Jerusalem—a service that glorifies the Lord and shows our eagerness to help.
I am an “eager” giver because: Generosity
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2 Corinthians 9:2 For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving.
- I am an “eager” giver because:
Psalm 89:11 The heavens are Yours, and the earth is Yours; everything in the world is Yours—You created it all.
2 Corinthians 9:5-6 So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly. Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
- I am an “eager” giver because:
2 Corinthians 9:7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
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All scripture is from the NLT unless otherwise noted